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Radiohead - Fitter Happier

Radiohead - Fitter Happier Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: OK Computer
Released: 1997

Fitter Happier Lyrics

Fitter, happier, more productive,
comfortable,
not drinking too much,
regular exercise at the gym
(3 days a week),
getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries ,
at ease,
eating well
(no more microwave dinners and saturated fats),
a patient better driver,
a safer car
(baby smiling in back seat),
sleeping well
(no bad dreams),
no paranoia,
careful to all animals
(never washing spiders down the plughole),
keep in contact with old friends
(enjoy a drink now and then),
will frequently check credit at
(moral) bank (hole in the wall),
favors for favors,
fond but not in love,
charity standing orders,
on Sundays ring road supermarket
(no killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants),
car wash
(also on Sundays),
no longer afraid of the dark or midday shadows
nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate,
nothing so childish - at a better pace,
slower and more calculated,
no chance of escape,
now self-employed,
concerned (but powerless),
an empowered and informed member of society
(pragmatism not idealism),
will not cry in public,
less chance of illness,
tires that grip in the wet
(shot of baby strapped in back seat),
a good memory,
still cries at a good film,
still kisses with saliva,
no longer empty and frantic
like a cat
tied to a stick,
that's driven into
frozen winter xxxx
(the ability to laugh at weakness),
calm,
fitter,
healthier and more productive
a pig
in a cage
on antibiotics.
Sample looping in background:

Writer/s: YORKE, THOMAS / GREENWOOD, JONATHAN RICHARD GUY / RICKWOOD, DAN
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Fitter Happier

This less-than-two-minute insert is a long commentary on life and how artificial it has become. It is spoken in a metallic voice and it is not listed as a song on the album, although it is right next to "Karma Police" in small letters on the back. The voice was generated by the Macintosh computer SimpleText application.

In an interview with Guitar World magazine, Yorke described the song as a checklist of slogans for the '90s, which he called "the most upsetting thing I've ever written."

This song, known for its computerized voice, is musically a hybrid of a score composed by Jonny Greenwood, and a piano part written by Thom Yorke (and recorded while drunk).

Thom Yorke (from Humo magazine July 22, 1997): "I had writer's block for 3 months. In that period I could only make lists of words. It took me a long time to figure out that the only way I could translate my thoughts was with these lists." Yorke added in the same interview that he wasn't standing behind the lyrics any more as "sometimes your ideas get entangled with other ideas and then you have to apologize for the original idea because it doesn't make sense any more. That's what happened with 'Fitter Happier.' Now, I listen to the piano part."

This was featured in printed form in adverts promoting the album, prompting Ed O'Brien to comment, "I think that some people really believe that message and think that we are some kind of health-freaks."

During Radiohead's 1997 tour this song was used to introduce the band on stage. Previously they had used pieces from French minimalist composer Olivier Messiaen.

The sample loop in the background of the song says: "This is the Panic Office, section nine-seventeen may have been hit. Activate the following procedure."

Jhené Aiko - Comfort Inn Ending (Freestyle)

Jhené Aiko - Comfort Inn Ending (Freestyle) Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Sail Out
Released: 2013

Comfort Inn Ending (Freestyle) Lyrics

Comfort Inn Ending (Freestyle)

This song started off with a CD of beats given to her by Aiko's record label boss, producer No I.D. One of the instrumentals especially spoke to her. She told Artist Direct : "That's how I write. I will just write around his track and wait until I start saying or singing something along."

"I couldn't write anything to it," Aiko continued. "I was like, 'I love this track so far' so I went into the studio and just freestyle-d it. I was really going through it. I had just went through this heartbreak. I really felt like I wanted to tell that story. It was a freestyle."

The Used - Choke Me

The Used - Choke Me Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Used
Released: 2002

Choke Me Lyrics

Choke Me

Lead singer Bert McCracken wrote this about his addictions to cocaine and methamphetamines. Growing up in Utah, McCracken was raised in the Mormon community, but left home and turned to drugs. The Used bassist Jeph Howard said in our 2012 interview that McCracken "has had a pretty hard life, which he made for himself, in a way." He adds that McCracken is still struggling with the addictions he sings about in "Choke Me," and believes that "once you're an addict, you're an addict for the rest of your life" and that "you have to keep yourself in check in constant times and in constant areas." (Here's the full interview with Jeph .)

This is a bonus track found in their first album after the last track. Sit and wait or fast foward and you'll hear someone singing "Happy Birthday" to Bert. After that it goes right into this.

Justin Bieber - Change Me

Justin Bieber - Change Me Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Journals
Released: 2013

Change Me Lyrics

Girl, I’m ready, if you’re ready, now
Ooh, is it ever gonna be?
If you’re with it, then I’m with it, now
To accept all the responsibility
I’d go out of my way
To live by the words that you say
I don’t wanna be the same ooh whoa

Maybe you could Change Me
Maybe you could change me ooh whoa

Maybe you could be the light
That opens up my eyes
Make all my wrongs right
Change me, change me
change me oh yeah

Don’t fight fire with fire
If I’m screaming, talk quieter
Understanding and patience
Feel the pain that I’m facing
Be like Serenity
Help me position my mind
Take a chance, make a difference in my life

Maybe you could change me (oh)
Maybe you could change me
(Maybe you could change me ooh hoo)

Maybe you could be the light (you could be the light)
That opens up my eyes (opens up my eyes)
Make all my wrongs right
Change me, change me
change me oh yeah

Girl, I’m ready, if you’re ready, now
Ooh, is it ever gonna be?
If you’re with it, then I’m with it, now

Writer/s: THOMAS, DAMON / DIXON, ANTONIO / JACKSON, TARYLL / BABBS, DURRELL / BOYD, LUKE / MASON, HARVEY WILLIAM JR / RUSSELL, STEVEN L
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Change Me

This piano ballad was the ninth song to be unveiled by Justin from his Music Mondays series. It finds him wanting to right the wrongs in a relationship that is slipping away as he pleads for "understanding and patience." Justin admits that he needs to change to make it work. The song was released at midnight on Monday December 2, 2013. "Tonight''s song is very personal," Justin tweeted.

The song was co-written by Bieber himself in collaboration with:

Andre Harris, who is one half of the songwriting and production duo Dre & Vidal. The pair have produced a number of successful hits, including Michael Jackson's "Butterflies," Ciara's "Oh" and Chris Brown's "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)." Harris also contributed to Justin's Music Mondays tracks "All That Matters" and "All Bad."

Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, who has contributed to most of the songs in the Justin's Music Mondays series. At the the prime age of 14, Poo Bear co wrote his first hit single for R'n'B group 112 titled, "Anywhere." This began a catalog of songs written for a multitude of artists including The Rolling Stones, Whitney Houston, Pink and Usher. He co-penned multiple songs for the latter's Confessions album, including the single "Caught Up," for which Poo Bear won two Grammys.

Justin teamed up with Poo Bear to help him refine his teen songs to a more sophisticated R&B sound. "We have a great relationship," Poo Bear noted to Examiner.com . "It was all organic and natural, nobody put me with him and nobody put him with me. I met him at a birthday party and we just clicked. We're very similar in a lot of ways and that's why it feels so right because it wasn't contrived, it happened naturally."

Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty

Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Good News For People Who Love Bad News
Released: 2004

Ocean Breathes Salty Lyrics

Your body may be gone, I'm gonna carry you in.
In my head, in my heart, in my soul.
And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both live again.
Well I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Don't think so.

Well that is that and this is this.
You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get.
You get away from me. You get away from me.
Collected my belongings and I left the jail.
Well thanks for the time, I needed to think a spell.
I had to think awhile. I had to think awhile.

The Ocean Breathes Salty, won't you carry it in?
In your head, in your mouth, in your soul.
And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both grow old.
Well I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I hope so.

Well that is that and this is this.
You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get.
You get away from me. (You get away from me) You get away from me.
Collected my belongings and I left the jail.
Well thanks for the time, I needed to think a spell.
I had to think awhile. (I had to think awhile) I had to think awhile.

Well that is that and this is this.
Will you tell me what you saw and I'll tell you what you missed,
when the ocean met the sky. (You missed, you missed)
You missed when time and life shook hands and said goodbye. (You missed)
When the earth folded in on itself. (You missed)
And said "Good luck, for your sake I hope heaven and hell (You missed, you missed)
are really there, but I wouldn't hold my breath." (You missed, you missed)
You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death? (You missed, you missed)
You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death?

The ocean breathes salty, won't you carry it in?
In your head, in your mouth, in your soul.
The more we move ahead the more we're stuck in rewind.
Well I don't mind. I don't mind. How the hell could I mind?

Well that is that and this is this.
You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get.
You get away from me. (You get away from me) You get away from me.

Well that is that and this is this.
Will you tell me what you saw and I'll tell you what you missed,
when the ocean met the sky. (You missed, you missed)
You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste the afterlife?

Writer/s: BROCK, ISAAC / JUDY, ERIC / GALLUCCI, DANN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Ocean Breathes Salty

Modest Mouse lead singer Isaac Brock wrote this about Death. It contains some references to the afterlife, including the line, "And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both live again."

Jake Owen - 1972

Jake Owen - 1972 Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Days of Gold
Released: 2013

1972 Lyrics

1972
Daddy drove in over, it was sky blue
He worked at a record store after school
Call it sympathy for the vinyl

1972
Turntable in the basement, Major Cool
A hippie girl, couple cold beers split in two
You got your own rock n roll revival

Girl you know they didn’t ride
So come on over tonight

I’m gonna rock you like Zeppelin, roll you like the stones
Burr like them speakers in my old headphones
Gonna fly like an eagle when I drop a needle on the blues
I’m gonna get the metal piece down from the attic
With a pop and a hiss and a little bit of static
We’ll be chillin' like a villain on some Dylan while we’re killin' some booze
We’re gonna kick it like the kids did in 1972

So will it just be me and you
Playing air drums with The Who’s Keith Moon
You know them good ones always die too soon
Like Jimmy, Jim and Joplin

Yea, kickin back, cutting loose
Sippin on Jack, that’s what we do
It don’t matter baby girl cus in a few
You’re gonna hear heaven a knockin

Look out!

I’m gonna rock you like Zeppelin, roll you like the stones
Burr like them speakers in my old headphones
Gonna fly like an eagle when I drop a needle on the blues
I’m gonna get the metal piece down from the attic
With a pop and a hiss and a little bit of static
We’ll be chillin' like a villain on some Dylan while we’re killin' some booze
Well let’s kick it like the kids did in 1972

I’m gonna rock you like Zeppelin, roll you like the stones
Burr like them speakers in my old headphones
Gonna fly like an eagle when I drop a needle on the blues
I’m gonna get the metal piece down from the attic
With a pop and a hiss and a little bit of static
We’ll be chillin' like a villain on some Dylan while we’re killin' some booze
Well let’s kick it like the kids did in 1972

Yea, we’re gonna kick it like the kids did in 1972

Writer/s: JOHNSTON, JAREN / BEAVERS, JIM
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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1972

This nostalgic Jaren Johnston and Jim Beavers penned Southern Rock tune features shout outs to classic rockers. "The feel of it resembles the title, Jake Owen told Billboard magazine. "It's got a cool Stones-y kind of feel to it. It's a southern rock kind of thing, and I love all the throwback references to Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison, and 'Daddy drove a Nova that was sky blue.' There's just a cool groove to it."

David Bowie - We Are The Dead

David Bowie - We Are The Dead Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Diamond Dogs
Released: 1974

We Are The Dead Lyrics

Something kind of hit me today
I looked at you and wondered if you saw things my way
People will hold us to blame
It hit me today, it hit me today

We're taking it hard all the time
Why don't we pass it by?
Just reply, you've changed your mind
We're fighting with the eyes of the blind
Taking it hard, taking it hard

Yet now
We feel that we are paper, choking on you nightly
They tell me "Son, we want you, be elusive, but don't walk far"
For we're breaking in the new boys, deceive your next of kin
For you're dancing where the dogs decay, defecating ecstasy
You're just an ally of the leecher
Locator for the virgin King, but I love you in your fuck-me pumps
And your nimble dress that trails
Oh, dress yourself, my urchin one, for I hear them on the rails
Because of all we've seen, because of all we've said
We Are The Dead

One thing kind of touched me today
I looked at you and counted all the times we had laid
Pressing our love through the night
Knowing it's right, knowing it's right

Now I'm hoping some one will care
Living on the breath of a hope to be shared
Trusting on the sons of our love
That someone will care, someone will care

But now
We're today's scrambled creatures, locked in tomorrow's double feature
Heaven's on the pillow, its silence competes with hell
It's a twenty-four hour service, guaranteed to make you tell
And the streets are full of press men
Bent on getting hung and buried
And the legendary curtains are drawn 'round Baby Bankrupt
Who sucks you while you're sleeping
It's the theater of financiers
Count them, fifty 'round a table
White and dressed to kill

Oh caress yourself, my juicy
For my hands have all but withered
Oh dress yourself my urchin one, for I hear them on the stairs
Because of all we've seen, because of all we've said
We are the dead
We are the dead
We are the dead

Writer/s: DAVID BOWIE
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, TINTORETTO MUSIC
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We Are The Dead

This is based on a line from George Orwell's novel 1984 - "We are the dead" are the last words Winston Smith says to Julia before they are caught by the Thought Police. Bowie wrote the song for a musical adaptation of the book but failed to get authorization from the Orwell estate.

Marilyn Manson put this #1 on his list of "The Songs That Made Me" for a feature in Rolling Stone, explaining that it was a huge influence on his Antichrist Superstar album. "It felt like it was about the culture of Hollywood, the disgusting cannibalism," he said.

Pearl Jam - Infalliable

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Album: Lightning Bolt
Released: 2013

Infalliable Lyrics

Infalliable

This song finds Eddie Vedder singing of the ill-advised arrogance of modern humans and questioning whether we're really progressing as a culture. The singer told Rolling Stone he is pointing the finger mostly at America. "I wouldn't want to limit it to just our country," he said with a laugh. "But if you're a casting director, you'd say, 'Well, wow, this country certainly fits the part.' You know, we legalized gay marriage in the state of Washington at the same time we legalized pot, and it was a great reason to celebrate! But then, the Supreme Court made it more difficult for minorities and less fortunate people on the economic scale to vote. That was a huge step backward. We could've made two big strides forward. Instead, we're just, you know, prone, doing the splits."

Bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard wrote the song's music (the lyrics are Vedder's). "There's a lot going on in that track. It's three dimensional, you can really hear each instrument playing," Gossard, commented to Billboard magazine. "I think the melodies are so strong, the descending chords in the chorus and where Ed takes that vocally, it has this classic melody that is pretty instantaneous."

The Who - A Quick One While He's Away

The Who - A Quick One While He's Away Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: A Quick One
Released: 1966

A Quick One While He's Away Lyrics

Her mans been gone, for nigh on a year
He was due home yesterday, but he ain't here
Her mans been gone, for nigh on a year
He was due home yesterday, but he ain't here
Down your street, your crying is a well known sound
Your street is very well known. throughout your town
Your town is very famous for the little girl
Whose crying can be heard all around the world
We have a remedy, you'll appreciate
No need to be so sad, he's only late
We'll bring you flowers and things
Help pass your time
We'll give him eagles wings
Then he can fly to you
La la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la
We have a remedy
Fa la la la la la la
We have a remedy
Fa la la la la la la
We have a remedy
Fa la la la la la la
We have a remedy
Fa la la la la la la
We have a remedy?
We have!
Little girl guide
Why don't you stop your crying
Here comes Ivor the dirty old sooty engine driver to make you feel all right
Yeah, yeah!
My name is Ivor, I'm an engine driver
I know him well, I know why you feel blue
Just cause he's late, don't mean he'll never get through
He told me he loved you
He ain't no liar, I ain't either
So let's have a smile for an old engine driver
Let's have a smile for an old engine driver
Soon be home
Soon be home
We'll soon,
We'll soon, soon, soon be home
Soon be home
Soon be home oh yeah
We'll soon,
We'll soon, soon, soon be home
Soon be home
Soon be home
Dang, dang, dang, dang
Dang, dang, dang, dang
Cello, cello, cello, cello
Cello, cello, cello, cello
Cello, cello, cello, cello
Cello, cello, cello, cello
I can't believe it
Do my eyes deceive me
Am I back in your arms
Away from all harm
It's like a dream to be with you again
Aw!
Can't believe that I'm with you again
Ba ba, bo bo ba ba, ba ba
I missed you and I must admit
I've kissed a few and once did sit
On Ivor the engine driver's lap
And later with him had a nap
You are forgiven
You are forgiven
You are forgiven
You are forgiven
Know you're forgiven
Come on baby, baby forgiven
Know that you lied
Know you're forgiven
Know that you made me cry
Baby
You are forgiven
You know you're forgiven
You're all forgiven!

Writer/s: PETER TOWNSHEND
Publisher: T.R.O. INC.
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A Quick One While He's Away

The Who had 10 minutes left to fill on the LP. Kit Lambert, The Who's manager, suggested to Pete Townshend that he write "something linear... perhaps a 10 minute song." Townshend responded by saying that rock songs are "2:50 by tradition!" Lambert then told Townshend that he should write a 10 minute story comprised of 2:50 songs.

The song was a "mini-opera," paving the way for the other mini-opera "Rael" and eventually full length rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia.

The plot of the story is simple. A girl is sad that her boyfriend is away. Her friends suggest that she take a substitute lover, Ivor The Engine Driver. When the boyfriend returns, she confesses her infidelity and is forgiven.

The Who performed this on the Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus, which was going to be a TV special. It never aired on television but it was released on VHS in 1996 and DVD in 2004. The Who's performance of this was included in The Kids Are Alright, a 1979 film about The Who.

According to legend, Rock And Roll Circus didn't air because the Rolling Stones felt that they were showed up by The Who. Jethro Tull, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithful, John Lennon, Eric Clapton, and Mitch Mitchell all appeared on Rock And Roll Circus.

A live version of this song appears on Live At Leeds and the soundtrack for The Kids Are Alright.

The Who wanted to put Cellos on the track but Kit Lambert said they couldn't afford it. So they sang "cello, cello, cello, cello," where the Who thought they should go.

This was used in the Wes Anderson film Rushmore starring Jason Shwartzman and Bill Murray.

John Lennon - Crippled Inside

John Lennon - Crippled Inside Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Imagine
Released: 1971

Crippled Inside Lyrics

You can shine your shoes and wear a suit
You can comb your hair and look quite cute
You can hide your face behind a smile
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're Crippled Inside

You can wear a mask and paint your face
You can call yourself the human race
You can wear a collar and a tie
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside

Well now you know that your
Cat has nine lives
Nine lives to itself
But you only got one
And a dog's life ain't fun
Momma take a look outside

You can go to church and sing a hymn
You can judge me by the color of my skin
You can live a lie until you die
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside

Well now you know that your
Cat has nine lives
Nine lives to itself
But you only got one
And a dog's life ain't fun
Momma take a look outside

You can go to church and sing a hymn
Judge me by the color of my skin
You can live a lie until you die
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside

One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside

Writer/s: LENNON, JOHN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Crippled Inside

Lennon wrote this for his 1971 Imagine album. The second track therein, it features Ted Turner of Wishbone Ash on acoustic guitar. Decades later - in a December 2012 trans-Atlantic phone call from Arizona - Turner told Geoff Dorsett of Portsmouth's 93.7 Express FM how this came about.

They had some mutual friends, and one night around 11pm he received a phone call as the band was recording the Pilgrimage album at Apple Studios. It was John Lennon who asked if he would like to play on a session. When?, asked Ted. Right at that moment! Andy Powell received the same invitation, but declined. Ted was picked up in a Rolls with Nicky Hopkins, and at the studio were George and Ringo, but not Paul. He laid down some acoustic rhythm guitar, and as this was the last session, afterwards they played back the entire album for the first time.

Yellowcard - Believe

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Album: Ocean Avenue
Released: 2003

Believe Lyrics

Think about the love inside the strength of heart
Think about the heroes saving life in the dark
Climbing higher, through the fire
Time was running out
Never knowing you weren't going to be coming down alive
But you still came back for me
You were strong and you Believed

Everything is going to be alright
Everything is going to be alright
Everything is going to be alright
Be strong, believe
(Be strong, believe)

Think about the chance I never had to say
Thank you for giving up your life that day
Never fearing, only hearing voices calling out
Let it all go, the life that you know
Just to bring them down alive
And you still came back for me
You were strong and you believed

Everything is going to be alright
Everything is going to be alright
Everything is going to be alright
Be strong, believe

Want to hold my wife when I get home
Want to tell my kids they'll never know
How much I love to see them smile
Want to make a change right here, right now
Want to live a life like you somehow
To make your sacrifice worth while

Everything is going to be alright
Everything is going to be alright
Everything is going to be alright
Be strong, believe

Writer/s: HASSMAN, NIKKI/MILLER, SCOTT
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, Walt Disney Music Company
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Believe

At first it was believed this was a song dedicated to a fireman who saved the lead singer from a burning house, and in doing so lost his life. However it is simply a song to all the fireman who died during the September 11 terrorist attacks. It's written from the point of view of someone who was in one of the Twin Towers as it was burning down and was rescued by a fireman who died when he went back in to help more people.

Elton John - Elton's Song

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Album: The Fox
Released: 1981

Elton's Song Lyrics

Staring all alone
And your grace and style
Cut me to the bone
With your razor blade smile
I watched you playing pool
It's all around the school that I love you

I love your gypsy hair
And dark brown eyes
Always unprepared
For your pointed replies
Cynical and lean
I lie awake and dream about you

If you only knew
What I'm going through
Time and again I get ashamed
To say your name
It's hard to grin and bear
When you're standing there
My lips are dry
I catch your eye and look away

Sitting in my room
I've got it bad
Crying for the moon
They think I'm mad
They say it isn't real
But I know what I feel and I love you

But I would give my life
For a single night beside you

Writer/s: JOHN, ELTON / ROBINSON, TOM
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Elton's Song

As the title implies, this is a very personal song for Elton. Lyrics for most of Elton's songs come from Bernie Taupin, but this one had a lyric written by Tom Robinson, a British singer whose songs include "2-4-6-8 Motorway" and "(Sing If You're) Glad To Be Gay." Unlike Taupin, Robinson is gay, and wrote words that Elton could relate to on that level.

Elton was not yet public in his homosexuality (he would marry a woman in 1984), and the song is not gender-specific. Elton, however, heard it as a boy-meets-boy love song, and says it reminded him of a 1968 movie called If, which is set at a school for boys in England. "It was the first gay song that I actually recorded as a homosexual song," Elton told Rolling Stone.